We share a special commemoration from our Managing Director, Alise, and another from listener Heather. Then, we reflect on what the season of Lent means to each of us and how we plan to observe it this year.

We commemoration Kyla and Kate's friendship and recognize the value of having such relationships in your life. Then, Beth talks about the experience of being the client instead of being the service provider.

A listener commemoration about a Backstreet Boys concert leads Sarah to share her history with boy bands and celebrity crushes. Then, we reflect on our weekend with Greek life leaders and what the experience of being in a sorority meant to us.

We share Maggie's commemoration about lost teeth, which leads Sarah to share her theory connecting lost teeth with reading ability. Our main conversation centers around Sarah's church-iversary and what we value in our faith communities.

Hannah's commemoration about her recent breakup spurred a conversation about our favorite breakup songs. Then, we share our own commemoration: we released our book this week!

As we launch our book, we couldn't be more grateful to each and every one of you for being a part of this community. We are so thankful that you have been part of our journey to bring this book into the world; we're so excited for you to read it. You can purchase it now - for yourself, for friends, for your representative, for your senator, for everyone!

We share commemorations from Traci, Kylie, and Mallory. Since we've both practiced the KonMari method and she's all the rage lately thanks to her new Netflix show, we explore the ideas around the popular method of cleaning and organizing. Plus, we talk about how we're approaching resolutions differently this year.

We're hosting an exciting event in Washington D.C. on this Friday, January 18. It's a live podcast with conversations with women in politics and media about the seismic shift happening around gender and politics. We hope to see you there. Learn more and invite your friends!

To support the show and get access to regular bonus content, visit our Patreon page. We are also thrilled to share that you can preorder your copy of our book (coming in February!).

We're hosting an exciting event in Washington D.C. on Friday, January 18. It's a live podcast with conversations with women in politics and media about the seismic shift happening around gender and politics. We hope to see you there. Learn more and invite your friends!

To support the show and get access to regular bonus content, visit our Patreon page. We are also thrilled to share that you can preorder your copy of our book (coming in February!).

This week's commemorations includes one about how we change over the course of a year and setting intentions about how we'll change in the year ahead and another commemoration from Julie about commemorating commemorations in real life.

To support the show and get access to regular bonus content, visit our Patreon page. We are also thrilled to share that you can preorder your copy of our book (coming in February!).

We share your commemorations and feedback before Sarah shares the lessons she learned from her unsuccessful campaign for reelection as a Paducah City Commissioner. We reflect on the joys and sorrows of making yourself vulnerable in a public way.

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We discuss how the portrayal of fictional women has shifted over time. We talk the best (and worst!) Disney princess movies as well as the new batch of powerhouse female superheros such as Wonder Woman and the women in the Star Wars universe. But, we question whether the increasing acceptance of complex women on screen has actual changed the way we welcome complex women into the real world.

To support the show and get access to regular bonus content, visit our Patreon page. We are also thrilled to share that you can preorder your copy of our book (coming in February!).

We share a quick State of the Pod with important updates about the next chapter of The Nuanced Life. Then, we share your commemorations and talk to Brock Lusch, the NOMADad. He's an at-home dad creating community for dads in Cincinnati and online.

To support the show and get access to regular bonus content, visit our Patreon page. We are also thrilled to share that you can preorder your copy of our book (coming in February!).

We start the show, as always, with your commemorations. One in particular, along with some listener feedback, lead us into a deeper conversation about birth control and gynecology in general. Then, we share our amazing conversation with therapist Megan Devine about how we deal with grief.